Share of dietary energy supply from fats vs. GDP per capita in Rwanda
Rwanda: Share of dietary energy supply from fats vs. GDP per capita was 13.7% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Share of dietary energy supply from fats vs. GDP per capita in Rwanda, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, share of dietary energy supply from fats vs. gdp per capita in Rwanda stood at 13.7%.
That represents a change of down 1.9% on the previous year and up 42.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of dietary energy supply from fats vs. gdp per capita in Rwanda peaked at 14.0% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 5.5%, in 1974.
Rwanda ranks 186th of 192 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Share of dietary energy supply from fats vs. GDP per capita in Rwanda, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5.7% | — |
| 1962 | 5.7% | -1.0% |
| 1963 | 5.7% | +0.9% |
| 1964 | 6.1% | +6.4% |
| 1965 | 6.0% | -1.8% |
| 1966 | 5.6% | -5.6% |
| 1967 | 6.5% | +15.4% |
| 1968 | 6.2% | -4.5% |
| 1969 | 5.6% | -10.3% |
| 1970 | 5.8% | +3.7% |
| 1971 | 5.7% | -1.1% |
| 1972 | 5.8% | +1.7% |
| 1973 | 5.9% | +0.8% |
| 1974 | 5.5% | -6.0% |
| 1975 | 6.7% | +21.3% |
| 1976 | 6.7% | +0.4% |
| 1977 | 6.8% | +1.6% |
| 1978 | 6.6% | -2.5% |
| 1979 | 6.5% | -2.5% |
| 1980 | 6.5% | -0.4% |
| 1981 | 6.6% | +2.2% |
| 1982 | 6.6% | +0.7% |
| 1983 | 6.7% | +1.1% |
| 1984 | 6.9% | +2.6% |
| 1985 | 7.5% | +8.6% |
| 1986 | 7.8% | +3.7% |
| 1987 | 7.6% | -2.2% |
| 1988 | 7.7% | +1.4% |
| 1989 | 7.8% | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 8.2% | +5.9% |
| 1991 | 8.5% | +3.2% |
| 1992 | 8.8% | +3.7% |
| 1993 | 10.6% | +20.1% |
| 1994 | 11.3% | +7.2% |
| 1995 | 10.4% | -8.4% |
| 1996 | 8.6% | -17.1% |
| 1997 | 8.0% | -6.9% |
| 1998 | 8.4% | +4.8% |
| 1999 | 8.6% | +2.5% |
| 2000 | 8.2% | -4.0% |
| 2001 | 8.2% | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 8.0% | -2.2% |
| 2003 | 8.8% | +9.6% |
| 2004 | 9.8% | +11.3% |
| 2005 | 9.5% | -3.1% |
| 2006 | 10.6% | +11.5% |
| 2007 | 10.6% | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 10.6% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 12.5% | +17.6% |
| 2010 | 12.2% | -2.4% |
| 2011 | 11.9% | -2.0% |
| 2012 | 10.5% | -11.9% |
| 2013 | 9.6% | -8.3% |
| 2014 | 9.9% | +2.7% |
| 2015 | 10.7% | +7.9% |
| 2016 | 11.4% | +7.0% |
| 2017 | 11.5% | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 12.7% | +10.1% |
| 2019 | 13.3% | +4.7% |
| 2020 | 8.8% | -34.0% |
| 2021 | 13.5% | +54.1% |
| 2022 | 14.0% | +3.6% |
| 2023 | 13.7% | -1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.9% | 5.6% | 6.5% | 9 |
| 1970s | 6.2% | 5.5% | 6.8% | 10 |
| 1980s | 7.2% | 6.5% | 7.8% | 10 |
| 1990s | 9.1% | 8.0% | 11.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 9.7% | 8.0% | 12.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.4% | 9.6% | 13.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.5% | 8.8% | 14.0% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Rwanda
- 183 Bangladesh 14.9% compare
- 184 Ghana 14.0% compare
- 185 Sierra Leone 13.9% compare
- 187 Sri Lanka 13.3% compare
- 188 Lao People's Democratic Republic 11.9% compare
- 189 Cambodia 11.8% compare
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- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate 0.0006 % change on previous year (2024)
- Coal consumption, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal consumption, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal production, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal production, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Fuel imports 15.3% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of dietary energy supply from fats vs. gdp per capita in Rwanda?
- Share of dietary energy supply from fats vs. gdp per capita in Rwanda was 13.7% in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of dietary energy supply from fats vs. gdp per capita recorded in Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 14.0% in 2022.
- What is the lowest share of dietary energy supply from fats vs. gdp per capita recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.5% in 1974.
- How does Rwanda rank for share of dietary energy supply from fats vs. gdp per capita?
- Rwanda ranks 186th out of 192 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of dietary energy supply from fats vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 42.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Rwanda data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of dietary energy supply from fats vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The share of per capita dietary energy derived from fats, measured as the daily caloric supply from fat as a percentage of total caloric supply, versus gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, adjusted for inflation and differences in living costs between countries.